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George Porter, Jr. is our hero here at Y’HEARD! Read a little about this funky, funky bass player. His group, PBS, is coming out with a new recording in September called, MOODOO. Find out how to download a free MP3 from the release.

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For anyone who is unfamiliar with New Orleans rhythm and blues, watching this video is perhaps the best place place to start.  Snooks Eaglin is the finest example of boogie woogie guitar mastery, and he is accompanied here by bassist George Porter, Jr. (of the Meters), Jon Cleary on Piano (Absolute Monster Gentlemen), and Kenny [...]